Cirque du soleil founder flies into space and returns with. Gaia an initiative of guy laliberte is a creative body of work bearing witness to the beauty. The book is available at three price points, including one that is likely to be the highest of 2011. Cirque du soleils founder guy laliberte who has the credit of being the worlds first private space explorer has just released a book with. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Art collector and parttime astronaut his trip to space is the basis of his book, gaia. Welcome to gaia gaia online gaia online is an online hangout, incorporating social networking, forums, gaming and a virtual world. All proceeds from gaia sales will go directly to fund one drops safe water access projects around the world. In june 2011, laliberte published a book, entitled gaia, containing photos of earth from his 2009 trip to the international space station. These photographs of our greatest treasure the earth highlight the need to take action to preserve it for future generations. Gaia by guy laliberte, founder of cirque du soleil assouline browse a selection of cirque du soleil products, from holiday. Proceeds from his book are to go to the one drop foundation. Canadas first space tourist and founder of cirque du soleil guy laliberte jokes around as he displays his book gaia in montreal, tuesday, june 21, 2011, which features a.
Gaia, a creative project designed by guy laliberte for one drop, is a body of work bearing witness to the beauty and fragility of earth as seen from the universe. Two years later, he published a book called gaia assouline. In todays column we speak to guy laliberte, the man behind the legendary circus spectacles at cirque du soleil, who just released gaia, a tome of his personal pictures of planet earth, shot from. Guy laliberte became in 2007 the owner of the atoll of nukutepipi in the french polynesia. We caught up with laliberte at a recent book release party for the special edition of gaia at kiton in new york last week, and the results are below. Gaia photos from space by the creator of cirque du. Guy lalibertes unforgettable photographs capture the colours and textures of the earths surface from 220 kilometres in space. Buy gaia firm sale by guy laliberte from waterstones today. A collection of photos of the earth taken from space by guy laliberte, founder of ci. Buy gaia classics book online at best prices in india on. Cirque du soleil founder goes to outer space and snaps photos. We were interrupted by a party of people arriving for the book party for gaia, the new tome which guy has. In greek mythology, gaia was the mother goddess who presided over earth. Guy lalibertes documentation of his experience in space features his photographs of earth as seen from the international space station.
Gaia ultimate edition book by guy laliberte assouline. An accordionist, stiltwalker, and fireeater, he founded cirque du soleil, quebecs first internationally renowned circus, with the support of a small group of colleagues. Buy gaia classics book online at low prices in india. Canadian space tourist guy laliberte, founder of cirque du soleil, published a book called gaia of photos of the earth he took while visiting. Canadian space tourist guy laliberte, founder of cirque du soleil, paid his way to space aboard a russian soyuz spacecraft in 2009. Gaia the earth like youve never seen it before one drop. Seriously, you know we had to carry a book that shares our namesake. Guy laliberte, founder of cirque du soleil, documents his experience in space in the firstever book of photography published by a private space explorer.
Laliberte s photo book gaia, available through assouline. Now the 60 photos have been published as a book, gaia. Gaia circus in space the eye of photography magazine. Guy laliberte, cirque du soleil founder, photographs earth. Gaiaa creative project designed by guy laliberte for one dropis a body of work bearing witness to the beauty and fragility of earth with regard to the universe. Photos of earth from space tourist guy laliberte space. Gaia conscious media, streaming yoga videos more join the gaia community today to start streaming thousands of consciousness expanding, yoga and transformational videos to all of your favorite devices. Toronto grand prix tourist a toronto blog sunday, august 12, 2012. The international space station photos became gaia, a book by assouline publishing that was originally released last summer.
New gaia book packs art like images of earth by cirque du soleil. Bearfoot bistro extravagant, approachable, and undeniably fun, the bearfoot bistro boasts all the accoutrements of a five star dining establishment without the fuss. Gaia photos from space by the creator of cirque du soleil the. If the distance, then, is sidereal even, the vision sublimates into abstraction. Gaia is a body of work bearing witness to the beauty and fragility of earth with regard to the universe. One drop is an initiative of guy laliberte, founder of cirque du soleil. Featuring his photographs of earthas seen from the international space stationthis evocative piece showcases lalibertes captivation with earths surface, showing the colors and textures of 40 countries visible from 220 miles away. These are presented in a wonderful collection of three publications.
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